Apparel-corset.



D. KoPs. AP'PAREL CORSET. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 3.19l7.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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D. KOPS.`

APPAREL CORSET. APPLICATION man ocT.3.1911.

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Patented Mar. 19, 19l8.

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D. KOPS.

APPAREL CORSET. YAPPLICAUON FILED 001.3. |917.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

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`D. KOPS. APPAREL CORSET. APPLICATION HLED ocT. 3. 1911.

Patented Mar. 19, HMS.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 4i DANIEL Kors, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

APPAREL-CORSET.

Appli-cation area october '3, 1917.

To ZZ whom t may concern.' j

Be it known that 1, DANIEL Kors, a citizen of the United States,residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented an 1mprovemcnt in ripparel-Corscts, of which thefollowing is a specification.

' rl`his invention rela-tes to an apparel cor'- set and moreparticularly to a front lace and closed back corset garment. Heretoforevarious forms of apparel corsets have been constructed in which frontlace devices have been employed, and in some instances as for example inLetters Patent No. 1,233,251 granted to me July 10, 1917, together 'withthese front lace devices there have been enrployed tension straps soplaced in the lower front portion of the garment as to simultaneouslyeffect an inward and an upward pressure against the abdomen of thewearer to properly support the saine, these tension straps beingsuitably adjustable to perform this function. 1n this type of garmentthere has also been employed devices for co-acting with the lacingdevices to determine the 'eX- tent to which the lacing devices must beadj usted to make the garment symmetrical on the body of the wearer, andsuch devices are shown and described in Letters Patent No. 1,211,100granted to me September 25, 1917. ln the present case prefer to utilizethe front lace device together with the devices for determining theextent to which these lacing devices must be adjusted to make thegarment symmetrical, and in addition to these features 1 employself-reducing straps to effect a circumferential pressure and thecerresponding liattening effect upon the abdomen of the wearer insteadof the uplift tension devices as shown and described in the firstaforesaid Letters Patent. 1n this construction the front lace devicesare adapted to produce the same results as the uplift tension devicesheretofore employed by adjusting the abdominal section vof the garmentto the proper position for obtaining this eflect, and the garment madein accordance with my present invention will be hereinafter moreparticularly described.

1n the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view illustrating one form of garment made inaccordance with this invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged front elevation illustrating the front portion ofone side of the garment illustrated in Fig. 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 19, 1918.

serial No. 194,450.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2 illustrating another form of theinvention.

Fig. Ll is an elevation of' the outer side of the front portion of anapparel `corset illus trating another form of the invention.

Fig. 5 is a perspective view illustrating the application of a stillfurther form 'of the invention, and

Fig. G is an `enlarged elevation of a front portion of the garment shownin Fig.

Referring to the drawing and particu larly to Figs. 1 and 2, the corsetmade in accordance with this invention comprises a body portion 10preferably closed at the back and provided at the front with front steelsections 11 'and 12, these 'as usual being fitted with suitable clasps13 by which these front steel sections are connected when the garment isin use. These front steel sections are adapted to come at the frontcentral portion of the body of the wearer and on the left hand side ofthe garment the front steel section 12 is permanently secured to thebody of the garment while on the left hand side of the garment asillustrated, the front steel section 11 is provided along one edge witha series of eyelets lil. rThe adjacent edge of the body of the garmentis fitted with a reinforcing edge section 15 in which there are eyelets16 corresponding in number and position with the eyelets 11 in the frontsteel section 1l. A lace 17 is threaded through the eyelets 14E and 16so as to adjust the garment to the proper position on the body of thewearer. The lace extends from the lower edge of the abdominal section ofthe garment upwardly to the top edge of the corset so that in theadjustment to position thereof thelower part of the lace adjusts theabdominal section of the corset to produce a simultaneousinward andupward pressure. 1n this divided part 'of the garment there is also atongue 1S connected at one edge to the front steel section 11 and at theopposite edge to the reinforcing strip 15 in the adjacent edge of thebody of the garment, and this tongue 18 may be fitted with suitablelongitudinal and transverse stays to act as gages in determining theextent to which the lacing devices must be adjusted to make the parts ofthe garment symmetrical on the body of the wearer as shown and describedin Letters lPatent to which reference has hereinbefore been made. Inthis instance however, the tongue 1S preferably extends from the upperto the lcwer edge of the garment, and as will be understood, thelongitudinal and transverse bonings or stiffening devices areco-eXtensive with the lacing devices.

In this form of garment I employ a skirt section 19 which completes thecontinuity of the depending skirt to the edge of the reinforcing strip15 by which, as hereinbefore described, this edge of the garment isconnected by lacing Vdevices to one front steel section thereof. I alsoemploy a self-reducing strap in cach side of the garment as indicated at20. These self-reducing straps and parts associated therewith aresimilar in both sides of the garment, and consequently the structure asillustrated, in one side in iFig. 2 only will be described. At the enddistant from the front steel section the self-reducing strap 20 issecured to the body of the garment along a line of stitching 21appreciably forward of the hip section of the body member. From thisline of stitching the self-reducing strap extends forwardly and at itsopposite end is provided with series of eyelets 22, vany one of whichAis adapted to engage with the hook 23 provided therefor in the lowerportion of the neath and act independently of this portion of thegarment, and at its lower end this hose supporter strap is fitted with ahose supporter 26. The depending portion 27 of the front steel member 11may also be fitted with a hose supporter indicated at 28. In this formofA garment I also employ an insert indicated at 20. This extends fromthe lines of stitching 21 by which, at its upper end', the insert issecured in the body ofthe garment to a line 22', and is secured at oneedge in the line ofstitching 21, by which as hereinbefore described, oneend of the self-reducing strap 20 is attached, and also at its oppositeedge to the reinforcing strip 15 on the front edge of the body of thegarment. This insert 20 is therefore unattached to the upper portion ofthe skirt member' 19 from the points 23 and 24', thereby forming theslot or opening through which the depending hose supporter strap 24 ispassed. In the use of ythis form of the invention as will be apparent,the lacing devices are employed to adjust the garment to position on thewearer, and the self-reducing strap to produce the de siredcircumferential pressure to effect the desired flattening of the abdomenwhile the -depending hose supporter when connected steel end of thisstrap the same is fitted with eyelets 30, anyone of which may be causedto engage with Va hook 31 fixed in the lower portion of the front steelfor this purpose. At its opposite end this self-reducing strap is iittcdwith a reinforcing strip 32 in which there is a series of eyelets 33.Associated with the self-reducing strap is an anchor strap 341-, one endof which is iiXed in the body of the garment appreciably forward of thehip section by means of a line of stitching or otherwise, indicated at35. In the anchor strap 34C there is a series of eyelets 36corresponding in number and position to the eyelets 33 in thereinforcing strip 32. A lace 37 is threaded through the eyelets 33 and36 and also through a slot 38 in the skirt of the garment and througheyelets 39 so that the lace may be drawn up to adjust the self-reducingstrap to the desired position when the garment is in use. The dependinghose supporter strap 40k in this form of the invention is made integralwith the lower edge of the self-reducing strap 29. This strap similar tothe corresponding strap 24rin the form of the invention shown in Figs. 1and 2, passes beneath the skirt member 19V at the upper edge thereof soas to lie on the underside of the garment when in use, the opening atthe upper edge of the skirt section being indicated at l1. At its lowerendk the depending hose supporter strap 10 is fitted with a hosesupporter for being connected to the hose of the wearer. ing strap inthis instance is possible as will be apparent at both .ends thereof,that is to say, it may be adjusted at the front steel end by means ofkeyelets 30 and the hook 31,

and also at the opposite end by meansof The adjustment of theself-reduckes of the invention. In ,this construction the self-reducingystrap is indicated at 48 land in the forward end thereof is providedwith eyelets 44, any one of which is adapted to engage with a hook 45provided for this purpose -in the lower end ,of the corresponding frontsteel. Atits opposite Iend the selfreducing strap 43 is fitted with areinforcing strip 4G in which there is a series of eyelets 47.Associated with this end of the selfreducing strap is an anchor strap 4Sfixed in the body of the garment forward of the hip section thereof bylines of stitching 49 or otherwise. In the anchor strap 48 there is aseries of eyelets 50 corresponding in number and position with theeyelets 47 in the reinforcing strip 46. A lace 51 is threaded throughthe eyelets 47 and 50 and also through eyelets so that the lace may bedrawn up exteriorly of the garment to adjust the parts of theself-reducing strap to position. In this form of invention I employ aninsert 53 similar to the insert 20, and in this instance extending fromthe lines of stitching 54 by which it is secured in the body of thegarment to a line indicated at 55, and the lower end of the insert liesbeneath the lower front portion of the skirt 56 of the garment. In thisform of the invention however, the depending hose supporter strap 57instead of being directly connected to the self-reducing strap issecured at its upper end in the lines of stitching 54 in the body of thegarment and also along one edge fora predetermined distance on the samelines of stitching 49 by which the anchor strap is secured to the bodyof the garment so that a portion of this depending hosesupporter strapoverlies the lacing devices employed to adjust the self-reducing strapat the distant edge thereof to position when in use. The depending hosesupporter strap in this instance similar to those in the other forms ofthe invention passes beneath the skirt section 5G and a portion thereoflies between this skirt section and the underlying part of the insertwhich is similar in this instance to the inserts described in the otherforms of the invention, and at its lower end the depending hosesupporter strap is provided with hose supporters 58.

In this form of the garment however, t-he tongue member 1S extends onlyan appreciable distance below the lower' end of the front lacing devicesas indicated at 59 and the front portion of the skirt is separate fromthe overlying front port-ion depending from the front steelsection 1l7so that one end of the hose supporter strap G0 is connected to the lowerend of the depending front steel section and the opposite end of thehose supporter 60 to the overlying edge of the skirt section 56. Also inthis form of the garment the upper edge of thisk skirt section islit-ted with an adjusting strap 61 in which `there is a series .of:eyelets E62. The corresponding skirt, section on the yother or lefthand `side Aof the garment `as indicated at `(i3, is not divided butimmediately below the lower .end of the corresponding front steel isfitted with a hook .63 byjmeans of which the upper end of the dividedportion of the front ski-rt 5.6 may be suitably adjusted and held inposition. In this form of the invention the self-reducing strap is lalsodoubly adjustable and the overlying and depending hose supporter strapcoacts therewith to effect the desired flattening of the abdomen in .thesame manner as these parts produce this effect in the forms of thenvention hereinbefore described.

Referring to Figs. 5 and v6 the lacing devices, the tongue and partsassociated therewith for adjusting the garment to position are similarin all respects to those hereinbefore described. In this form of theinvention however, the forward or front steel edge of the self-reducingstrap 64 is permanently connected to the front steel section 11 along aline of stitching indicated at 65 or otherwise. At its inner end thisself-reducing strap is fitted with a reinforcing strip 6G in which thereis a series of eyelets 67. Associated with this end of theself-reducingstrap is an anchor strap 68, secured to the body of thegarment forward of the hip section by a line of stitching 69 orotherwise. In the anchor strap 68 there is a series of eyelets 7 Ocorresponding in number and position with the eyelets 67 at the distantend of the self-reducing strap. A lace 7l is threaded through theeyelets 67 and 70 and also through eyelets 7 2 so as to be drawn upexteriorly of the garment to adjust the parts of the self-reducing strapto position. In this form of the invention there is employed an insert73 extending from the lines of stitching` 74 by which it is secured tothe body of the garment` to a line 74. Similar to the correspondingparts of the other forms of the invention this insert is also connectedat one edge to the reinforcing strip at the edge of the body of thecorset and for aportion of its length is also connected to the body ofthe garment in the lines of stitching 69 which also secure the anchorstrap 68 in position therein. Similar also to the other forms of theinvention the insert for a portion of its length is unconnected alongthese lines of stitching so as to leave a space through which the lacesmay be passed to be adapted to be threaded through the eyelets 7 2. Thedepending hose supporter stra-p 7 5 in this instance is similar to thatshown and described in the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. '4and extends from the lines of stitching 74 by which it is secured at itsupper edge in the body of the garment to a point beneath the front skirtsection passing beneath the sa me at the upper edge thereof as'indicatedat 7 6. In its lower end this depending hose supporter strap is fittedwith a hose supporter 7 7 so that the same co-acts with theself-reducing strap in the same manner and to produce the same effectsas those described in the other forms of the invention.

While I have hereinbefore described cory set garments in which thelacing devices apply only on one side of the front steels of thegarment, it will be understood that similar lacing'devices may beemployed if desired on both sides of the garment withoutl departing fromthe nature and spirit of my invention.

In my co-pending application Serial No. 193,892 I have shown anddescribed a corset garment in which the lacing devices and the functionsperformed by the same are similar in all respects to like partsdescribed in the present case. In the former application however, thereis shown and described a form of self-reducing strap which also acts asa hose supporter strap, and which is permanently associated with a skirtsection of the garment, whereas in the present case the hose supporterstrap shown and described in connection with that portion of the garmentto which this invention relates is associated and co-acts with theself-reducing strap, but is entirely independent of the skirt section ofthe garment. Furthermore, in this application I have shown and describeda selfreducing strap in certain instances, which is :adjustable at aplurality of its sections, that is in more than one place, between theextremities thereof, and in this feature also, the corset shown anddescribed in this application varies from that disclosed in thecopending application aforesaid. i

I claim as my invention:

1. An apparel corset comprising ay body member, front steels, lacingdevices for connecting one front steel to the adjacent portion of thebody member, a self-reducing strap adjustable at aV plurality of itssections to position in the garment, and a depending hose supporterstrap coacting with the self-reducing strap to exert a circumferentialpressure on the underlying part of the body of the wearer. I

2. An apparel corset comprising a body member, front steels, lacingdevices for connecting one front steel to the adjacent portion of thebody member, a. self-reducing strap adjustable at its forward endrelatively to the front steels of the garment and at its opposite endforward of the hip sections of the garment, and a depending hosesupporter strap associated and coacting with the self-reducing strap toexert a circumferential pressure on the underlying part of the body ofthe wearer.

3. An apparel corset comprising a body member, front steels, lacingdevices for connecting one front steel to the adjacent portion of thebody member, a self-reducing strap, means for adjusting the forward endof the self-reducing strap relatively tothe lower front portion of thecorresponding corset steel, lacing devices for adjusting the oppositeend of the self-reducing strap to position forward of the hip section ofthe necting one front steel to the adjacent por-f tion of the bodymember, a self-reducing strap, hook and eye devices at the forward endthereof for adjustably connecting the same to the lower front portion ofthe front steel, lacing devices adjustable from the exterior of thegarment for determining the position of the inner end of theself-reducing strap forwardof the hip section of the garment, and adepending hose supporter strap associated and coacting with theselfreducing strap to exert a circumferential pressure on the underlyingpart of the body of the wearer.

An apparel corset comprising a body member having depending skirtsections, front steels adapted to be connected to one another, lacingdevices for connecting one front steel to the adjacent portion of thebody member and extending upwardly from the lower edge of the abdominalsection of the garment whereby in the adjustment thereof the lowerportion of the lacing devices acts to'produce an upward pressure,self-reducing straps extending below the lower ends of the lacingdevices and adjustable to position in the garment, and hose supporterstraps independent of the skirt sections of the garment and associatedand co-acting with the self-reducing straps to exert a. circumferentialpressure against the body of the wearer. Y y

6. An apparel corset comprising a body member, front steels adapted tobe connected to one another, lacing devices for connecting one frontsteel to the adjacent portion of the body member and extending upwardlyfrom the lower edge of the abdominal section of the garment whereby inthe adjustment thereof the lower portion of the lacing devices acts toproduce an upward pressure,

self reducing straps each adjustably conf Corresponding side of thegarment to exert a circumferential vpressure against the body of thewearer.

7 An apparel corset comprising a body member having depending skirtsections, front steels adapted to be connected to one another, lacingdevices for connecting one front steel to the adjacent portion of thebody member, self-reducing straps extending below the lacing devices andadjustable to position in the garment, insert members each extendingfrom a line above the corresponding self reducing strap to a linebeopies o! this patent may be obtained for neath the corresponding frontskirt section and appreciably below the corresponding selil reducingstrap, and hose supporter straps each coacting with the correspondingself reducing strap and independent of the skirt section of the garmentand underlying the corresponding skirt section, and between the same andthe lower portion of the said insert.

Signed by ine this 1st day of October, 1917.

DANIEL KOPS.

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Washington, D. C.

